/**
 * Copyright 2008 Matthew Purland (m.purland@gmail.com)
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *  limitations under the License.
 */
package org.variance.repository;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Interface for a variance repository.
 * 
 * @author Matthew Purland
 */
public interface Repository {
	/**
	 * Get the name of the repository.
	 */
	String getName();

	/**
	 * Get the date that the repository was last accessed.
	 */
	Date getDateLastAccessed();
	
	/**
	 * Get the list of depots.
	 */
	List<Depot> getDepotList();
	
	/**
	 * Get a depot from repository by name.
	 * 
	 * @param depotName The depot name
	 */
	Depot getDepotByName(String depotName);
}
